as in myopic
able to see near things more clearly than distant ones
I am a little nearsighted and need to wear glasses to drive
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Recent Examples of nearsighted
The display's focus can also be manually adjusted to accommodate nearsighted users.
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Will Greenwald, PCMAG, 18 Sep. 2024
With presbyopia, the patient is neither nearsighted nor farsighted and requires no glasses for distance vision.
—Benjamin Botsford, CNN, 10 June 2024
With presbyopia, the patient is neither nearsighted nor farsighted and requires no glasses for distance vision.
—Benjamin Botsford, The Conversation, 30 May 2024
Babies are born nearsighted, able to see only about 10 to 12 inches away.
—Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2023
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Will Greenwald, PCMAG, 18 Sep. 2024
With presbyopia, the patient is neither nearsighted nor farsighted and requires no glasses for distance vision.
—Benjamin Botsford, CNN, 10 June 2024
With presbyopia, the patient is neither nearsighted nor farsighted and requires no glasses for distance vision.
—Benjamin Botsford, The Conversation, 30 May 2024
Babies are born nearsighted, able to see only about 10 to 12 inches away.
—Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nearsighted
Adjective
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This myopic design crumbles under today’s dynamic combination of multicloud, the Internet of Things and edge AI.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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That myopic move sadly eliminated $243,000, or more than 20 percent, of KSDS’s annual budget.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 July 2025
Adjective
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The rush to zero carbon premium energy is shortsighted because IMEA power plants will continue to operate for the community members that renew the contract.—
Naperville Sun,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Aug. 2025
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Even today, an explicit declaration of victory would seem shortsighted in the face of economic data that has presented steady stream of contradictory signals and warning signs that in many ways mirror the disorienting nature of a trade policy without modern historical precedent.—
Phil Mattingly,
CNN Money,
31 July 2025
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“Nearsighted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nearsighted. Accessed 25 Aug. 2025.
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